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I have a little secret – I like American Idol.  Many of my friends are shocked at this, and some are disappointed (a couple of musicians in that group!).    Those of you who believe that American Idol’s winners are crap should listen to Kelly Clarkson’s live version of Beautiful Disaster – sung with just […]

Frequenly I find myself lamenting the death of customer service.  There are too many places and people who act as if a customer is a hassle, not an asset.   So, I’ve decided to call out those companies that do a good job.   First up on my list is AVSmarts.com.  Many moons ago I […]

The three of you who’ve stuck with me through my slow blogging period are probably noticing that the rate is starting to pick up.  I’m getting the itch to start blogging a lot more, so hopefully the pipeline won’t be quite as empty as it has been.

Tom’s Hardware has a very interesting article up about Microsoft’s recent decision to adopt HD DVD rather than Blu Ray.   I have kind of ignored the whole debate, but recently it has become clear that Blu Ray is truly dedicated to controlling content even more than DVD’s do today and to the complete exclusion […]

I woke up at about 2:45 this morning, and I haven’t been able to get back to sleep.  There are thunderstorms rolling through, which initially woke me up, but it gets much more complicated than that.   I recently returned from the Microsoft PDC (Professional Developers Conference) in Los Angeles.  After coming back from there, […]

http://www.angelflightamerica.org Flying your own airplane for this sort of thing incurs a lot of costs beyond fuel.  By contributing to Angel Flight America, you can at least help them with their fuel costs.  They are still spending a lot of money (and their time naturally) shuttling food and supplies to the effected areas.

So, you’ve decided to buy tickets for some event over the Internet.  Think that when you opt out of receiving a ton of spam, you’re actually opting out?   Take a look at the "Privacy" Policy on TicketWeb.com: Regardless of whether you elect to receive emails from TicketWeb, by purchasing a ticket to an event, […]

VladStudio and of course Digital Blasphemy.   There are a million other places of course, but these are the two that come to mind, and that I don’t want to lose.  If you’ve got a good source, please add a comment, and I’ll extend the posting.  

Right now I’m running my blog on .Text, which is fine and dandy, but sometimes I think that it would be nice to not have to deal with worrying about backing up the server, making sure it’s upgraded to all the latest code and whatnot. One thing that would be nice to know is if […]